Newly Elected Bishops

Archbishop Paul Meng Qing-lu (孟青祿) (63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Suiyuan 綏遠 (China)

Bishop Joseph Han Ying-jin (韓英進) (67)

Bishop of Sanyuan 三原 (China)

former Bishop of Linhai 臨海 (China)

Bishop John Baptist Yang Xiao-ting (楊曉亭) (62)

Bishop of Yan’an 延安 (China)

Archbishop Paul Meng Ning-you (孟寧友) (63)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Taiyuan 太原 (China)

Archbishop John Baptist Li Su-guang (李穌光) (61)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Nanchang 南昌 (China)

Archbishop Joseph Yang Yong-qiang (楊永強) (56)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Hangzhou 杭州 (China)

Bishop Joseph Guo Jin-cai (郭金才) (58)

Bishop of Chengde 承德 (China) ▼

Bishop Peter Li Hui-yuan (李會元) (60)

Bishop of Fengxiang 鳳翔 (China) ▼

Bishop of Fengxiang 鳳翔 (China)

Bishop Wolfgang Bischof (65)

Titular Bishop of Nebbi

Auxiliary Bishop of München und Freising (Germany)

Bishop Lisane-Christos Matheos Semahun (66)

Bishop of Bahir Dar–Dessie of the Ethiopics (Ethiopia)

Bishop Lucio Lemmo (79)

Titular Bishop of Turres Ammeniæ

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Napoli (Italy)

Bishop Jean Marie Vianney Prida Inthirath (69)

Vicar Apostolic of Savannakhet (Laos)

Titular Bishop of Lemfocta

Bishop Bosco Puthur (79)

Bishop emeritus of Saint Thomas the Apostle of Melbourne of the Syro-Malabars (Australia)

Bishop William Michael Mulvey (76)

Bishop emeritus of Corpus Christi (USA)

Archbishop George Njaralakatt (79)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tellicherry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Remigiose Inchananiyil (64)

Bishop of Thamarasserry of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil (69)

Major Archbishop of Ernakulam–Angamaly of the Syro-Malabars (India)

President of Synod of the Syro-Malabar Church

Bishop Paul Alappatt (63)

Bishop of Ramanathapuram of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Pauly Kannookadan (64)

Bishop of Irinjalakuda of the Syro-Malabars (India)

Bishop Gabriel Edoe Kumordji, S.V.D. (70)

Bishop of Keta–Akatsi (Ghana)

Bishop Woldeghiorghis Matheos (85)

Titular Bishop of Turuda

Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Hosanna (Ethiopia)

Bishop Vincenzo Pisanello (66)

Bishop of Oria (Italy)

Bishop Samuel Irenios Kattukallil (73)

Bishop of Pathanamthitta of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Bishop Vincent Paulos Kulappuravilai (62)

Bishop of Marthandam of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Bishop Philipos Stephanos Thottathil (73)

Bishop of Saint Mary, Queen of Peace, of the United States of America and Canada of the Syro-Malankara (USA)

Bishop Thomas Anthonios Valiyavilayil, O.I.C. (70)

Bishop of Saint John Chrysostom of Gurgaon of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Archbishop Piero Pioppo (65)

Titular Archbishop of Torcello

Apostolic Nuncio to Spain

Apostolic Nuncio to Andorra

Bishop Montfort Stima (68)

Bishop of Mangochi (Malawi)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Malawi

Bishop Salutaris Melchior Libena (62)

Bishop of Ifakara (Tanzania)

Bishop Eusebius Alfred Nzigilwa (59)

Bishop of Mpanda (Tanzania)

Vice-President of Tanzania Episcopal Conference

Bishop João Noé Rodrigues (71)

Bishop of Tzaneen (South Africa)

Bishop Calogero Peri, O.F.M. Cap. (72)

Bishop of Caltagirone (Italy)

Bishop Norberto Do Amaral (70)

Bishop of Maliana (Timor-Leste)

Bishop Justin Kientega (66)

Bishop of Ouahigouya (Burkina Faso)

Bishop Arūnas Poniškaitis (59)

Titular Bishop of Sinna

Auxiliary Bishop of Vilnius (Lithuania)

former Undersecretary of Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People

Bishop Marcelo Alejandro Cuenca Revuelta (69)

Bishop emeritus of Alto Valle del Río Negro (Argentina)

Bishop Rafael Biernaski (70)

Bishop of Blumenau (Brazil)

Archbishop Eugene Martin Nugent (劉裕政) (67)

Titular Archbishop of Domnach Sechnaill

Apostolic Nuncio to Bahrain

Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar

Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait

Bishop Jude Ayodeji Arogundade (64)

Bishop of Ondo (Nigeria)

Archbishop José Araneta Cabantan (68)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cagayan de Oro (Philippines)

Bishop Jorge Patricio Vega Velasco, S.V.D. (68)

Bishop of Valparaíso (Chile)

Bishop Alberto Francisco María Sanguinetti Montero (80)

Bishop emeritus of Canelones (Uruguay)

Bishop Joseph Charles Bambera (70)

Bishop of Scranton (USA)

Bishop Terry Ronald LaValley (70)

Bishop of Ogdensburg (USA)

Bishop Marie Fabien Samuelin Raharilamboniaina, O.C.D. (58)

Bishop of Morondava (Madagascar)

President of Episcopal Conference of Madagascar

Bishop José de Jesús González Hernández, O.F.M. (61)

Bishop of Chilpancingo–Chilapa (Mexico)

Bishop Valentino Di Cerbo (82)

Bishop emeritus of Alife–Caiazzo (Italy)

Bishop John Douglas Deshotel (74)

Bishop of Lafayette in Louisiana (USA)

Bishop Mark Joseph Seitz (72)

Bishop of El Paso (USA)

Bishop Stanislav Lipovšek (82)

Bishop emeritus of Celje (Slovenia)

Cardinal Vicente Bokalic Iglic, C.M. (73)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria Maddalena in Campo Marzio

Archbishop of Santiago del Estero (Argentina)

Bishop Valdemir Ferreira dos Santos (65)

Bishop of Penedo (Brazil)

Bishop Jacques Benoit-Gonnin (73)

Bishop of Beauvais (France)

Bishop Ralph Heskett, C.SS.R. (73)

Bishop emeritus of Hallam (England)

Bishop Vilsom Basso, S.C.I. (66)

Bishop of Imperatriz (Brazil)

Archbishop Dominic Kimengich (64)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Mombasa (Kenya)

Bishop emeritus of Eldoret (Kenya)

Bishop Charles Joseph Sampa Kasonde (57)

Bishop of Solwezi (Zambia)

President of Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa

Vice-President of Zambia Conference of Catholic Bishops

former Bishop of Gurúè (Mozambique)

Archbishop Jean de Dieu Raoelison (62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Antananarivo (Madagascar)

Bishop Raymond Ahoua, F.D.P. (65)

Bishop of Grand-Bassam (Cote d’Ivoire)

Bishop Jean Marie Vũ Tất (82)

Bishop emeritus of Hung Hoá (Vietnam)

Bishop William Hanna Shomali (75)

Titular Bishop of Lydda

Auxiliary Bishop of Jerusalem (Palestine)

Bishop Ruperto Cruz Santos (68)

Bishop of Antipolo (Philippines)

Bishop Nicolás Baisi (61)

Bishop of Puerto Iguazú (Argentina)

Bishop Jaime José Villarroel Rodríguez (63)

Bishop of Carúpano (Venezuela)

Bishop Barnaba Yousif Habash (74)

Bishop of Our Lady of Deliverance in the United States of the Syriacs (USA)

Bishop Joseph Shen Bin (沈斌) (56)

Bishop of Shanghai 上海 (China)

Archbishop Launay Saturné (62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cap-Haïtien (Haiti)

Bishop John Baptist Jung Shin-chul (정신철 세례자 요한 / 鄭信喆) (61)

Bishop of Incheon 인천 (South Korea)

former Vicar Apostolic of Quetta (Pakistan)

Bishop Rogath Fundimoya Kimaryo, C.S.Sp. (69)

Bishop of Same (Tanzania)

Bishop Juan Odilón Martínez García (76)

Bishop emeritus of Atlacomulco (Mexico)

Bishop Charles Mahuza Yava, S.D.S. (65)

Vicar Apostolic of Archipel des Comores (Comoros)

Titular Bishop of Apisa maius

Vice-President of Episcopal Conferences of Indian Ocean

Bishop Mijo Gorski (73)

Titular Bishop of Epidaurum

Auxiliary Bishop of Zagreb (Croatia)

Bishop José Valdeci Santos Mendes (64)

Bishop of Brejo (Brazil)

former Bishop of Clogher (Ireland)

Bishop Victor Emilio Masalles Pere (64)

Bishop emeritus of Baní (Dominican Republic)

Bishop Eduardo Alanis Nevares (72)

Titular Bishop of Natchez

Auxiliary Bishop of Phoenix (USA)

Bishop Timothy Lawrence Doherty (75)

Bishop of Lafayette in Indiana (USA)

Bishop Paul Nguyễn Thái Hợp, O.P. (81)

Bishop emeritus of Hà Tĩnh (Vietnam)

Bishop Salvador Cristau Coll (75)

Bishop of Terrassa (Spain)

Archbishop Kieran O’Reilly, S.M.A. (73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cashel and Emly (Ireland)

Bishop Frank Richard Spencer (74)

Titular Bishop of Auzia

Auxiliary Bishop of the Military Ordinariate of United States of America (USA)

Archbishop Bashar Matte Warda, C.SS.R. (56)

Archbishop of Erbil of the Chaldeans (Iraq)

Bishop Francisco Fortunato De Gouveia (74)

Bishop emeritus of Oudtshoorn (South Africa)

Archbishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria (67)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan)

Bishop Dieter Geerlings (78)

Titular Bishop of Tacapæ

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Münster (Germany)

Bishop Christoph Hegge (63)

Titular Bishop of Sicilibba

Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Bishop Wilfried Theising (63)

Titular Bishop of Mina

Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Bishop Joseph Son Sam-seok (손삼석 요셉 / 孫參瑞) (70)

Bishop of Busan 부산 (South Korea)

Bishop David Michael O’Connell, C.M. (70)

Bishop of Trenton (USA)

Bishop John Joseph McIntyre (62)

Titular Bishop of Bononia

Auxiliary Bishop of Philadelphia (USA)

former Bishop of Kimbe (Papua New Guinea)

Archbishop Mário Antônio da Silva (59)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Aparecida (Brazil)

Bishop Francisco Antonio Ceballos Escobar, C.SS.R. (68)

Bishop of Riohacha (Colombia)

Bishop Celmo Lazzari, C.S.I. (69)

Vicar Apostolic of Napo (Ecuador)

Titular Bishop of Muzuca in Proconsulari

Bishop Magnus Henrique Lopes, O.F.M. Cap. (60)

Bishop of Crato (Brazil)

Archbishop Zbigņevs Stankevičs (71)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Riga (Latvia)

President of Episcopal Conference of Latvia

Apostolic Administrator of Jelgava (Latvia)

Archbishop John Wong Soo Kau (黄士交) (57)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia)

Bishop Adolfo Miguel Castaño Fonseca (63)

Bishop of Atlacomulco (Mexico)

Bishop Andrés Vargas Peña (79)

Bishop emeritus of Xochimilco (Mexico)

Bishop Michael Joseph Fitzgerald (77)

Titular Bishop of Tamallula

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Philadelphia (USA)

Bishop Antônio Braz Benevente (65)

Bishop of Jacarezinho (Brazil)

Bishop Guglielmo Borghetti (72)

Bishop of Albenga–Imperia (Italy)

Bishop Arthur Leo Kennedy (84)

Titular Bishop of Timidana

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Boston (USA)

Bishop Peter John Uglietto (74)

Titular Bishop of Thubursicum

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston (USA)

Archbishop Gintaras Linas Grušas (64)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Vilnius (Lithuania)

President of Episcopal Conference of Lithuania

President of Council of European Bishops’ Conferences

Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Lithuania (Lithuania)

Cardinal Robert Walter McElroy (72)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali

Metropolitan Archbishop of Washington (USA)

Bishop Sebastião Lima Duarte (62)

Bishop of Caxias do Maranhão (Brazil)

Bishop Ägidius Johann Zsifkovics (62)

Bishop of Eisenstadt (Austria)

Bishop Thomas Eusebios Naickamparambil (64)

Bishop of Parassala of the Syro-Malankara (India)

Bishop Pedro Carlos Cipollini (73)

Bishop of Santo André (Brazil)

Bishop Fernando Bascopé Müller, S.D.B. (64)

Titular Bishop of Fidoloma

Auxiliary Bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco (Bolivia)

former Bishop of El Alto (Bolivia)

Bishop Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Liesen (65)

Bishop of Breda (Netherlands)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of the Netherlands

Bishop Robertus Gerardus Leonia Maria Mutsaerts (67)

Titular Bishop of Uccula

Auxiliary Bishop of ’s-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands)

Bishop Marko Semren, O.F.M. (71)

Titular Bishop of Abaradira

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Banja Luka (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Bishop Joaquín Gimeno Lahoz (77)

Bishop emeritus of Comodoro Rivadavia (Argentina)

Bishop José Chittooparambil, C.M.I. (71)

Bishop of Rajkot of the Syro-Malabars (India)

former Military Ordinary of South Korea (South Korea)

Bishop Camillus Raymond Umoh (69)

Bishop of Ikot Ekpene (Nigeria)

Archbishop Carlos Manuel Escribano Subías (61)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Zaragoza (Spain)

Bishop Martin Anwel Mtumbuka (68)

Bishop of Karonga (Malawi)

President of Episcopal Conference of Malawi

Cardinal Joseph William Tobin, C.SS.R. (73)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria delle Grazie a Via Trionfale

Metropolitan Archbishop of Newark (USA)

Ecclesiastical Superior of Turks and Caicos Islands (Turks and Caicos Islands)

Member of Council for the Economy

Bishop Venedykt Aleksiychuk (Valery), M.S.U. (58)

Bishop of Saint Nicholas of Chicago of the Ukrainians (USA)

Bishop Pascal Chang-Soi, SS.CC. (59)

Bishop of Taiohae (French Polynesia)

Bishop Denis Moutel (74)

Bishop of Saint-Brieuc (France)

Archbishop Giorgio Lingua (66)

Titular Archbishop of Tuscania

Apostolic Nuncio to Israel

Apostolic Delegate to Jerusalem and Palestine

Bishop Ignacio Carrasco de Paula, Opus Dei (88)

Titular Bishop of Thapsus

President emeritus of Pontifical Academy for Life

Bishop Enrico dal Covolo, S.D.B. (75)

Titular Bishop of Eraclea

Assessor emeritus of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

Bishop Vito Angiuli (73)

Bishop of Ugento–Santa Maria di Leuca (Italy)

Bishop Douglas Regattieri (76)

Bishop emeritus of Cesena–Sarsina (Italy)

Archbishop Odelir José Magri, M.C.C.J. (62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Chapecó (Brazil)

Archbishop Emidio Cipollone (66)

Archbishop of Lanciano–Ortona (Italy)

Bishop Jaime Rafael Fuentes Martín, Opus Dei (81)

Bishop emeritus of Minas (Uruguay)

Bishop Jaime Muñoz Pedroza (67)

Bishop of Girardot (Colombia)

Bishop Jacques Habert (65)

Bishop of Bayeux–Lisieux (France)

Bishop Jan Sobiło (63)

Titular Bishop of Bulna

Auxiliary Bishop of Kharkiv–Zaporizhia (Ukraine)

Bishop Blaise Nzeyimana (71)

Bishop of Ruyigi (Burundi)

Bishop Xavier Novell Gomá (56)

Bishop emeritus of Solsona (Spain)

Cardinal Walter Brandmüller (97)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giuliano dei Fiamminghi pro hac vice Title

President emeritus of Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences

Bishop Roberto Bordi, O.F.M. (80)

Titular Bishop of Mutugenna

former Apostolic Administrator of El Beni (Bolivia)

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of El Beni (Bolivia)

Cardinal Jaime Spengler, O.F.M. (65)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Gregorio Magno alla Magliana Nuova

Metropolitan Archbishop of Porto Alegre (Brazil)

President of National Conference of Bishops of Brazil

President of Latin American Episcopal Council

Bishop Sosthène Ayikuli Adjuwa (62)

Bishop of Mahagi–Nioka (Congo-Kinshasa)

Bishop José Bonello, O.F.M. (65)

Bishop of Juticalpa (Honduras)

Bishop Felix Gmür (59)

Bishop of Basel (Switzerland)

Cardinal Paulo Cezar Costa (58)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Bonifacio ed Alessio

Metropolitan Archbishop of Brasília (Brazil)

Bishop Pedro Cunha Cruz (61)

Bishop of Nova Friburgo (Brazil)

Bishop Nelson Francelino Ferreira (61)

Bishop of Valença (Brazil)

former Bishop of Civitavecchia–Tarquinia (Italy)

Archbishop Renatus Leonard Nkwande (60)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Mwanza (Tanzania)

Bishop Santo Loku Pio Doggale (56)

Titular Bishop of Equizetum

Auxiliary Bishop of Juba (South Sudan)

Bishop Edward Matthew Rice (65)

Bishop of Springfield–Cape Girardeau (USA)

Bishop Stefan Zekorn (66)

Titular Bishop of Aquæ Albæ in Mauretania

Auxiliary Bishop of Münster (Germany)

Bishop Alexander Pyone Cho (76)

Bishop emeritus of Pyay (Myanmar)

Bishop Heinz-Günter Bongartz (71)

Titular Bishop of Bonusta

Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Hildesheim (Germany)

Bishop Wilmar Santin, O. Carm. (73)

Bishop-Prelate of Itaituba (Brazil)

Bishop John Balthasar Brungardt (67)

Bishop of Dodge City (USA)

Bishop Carlo Ciattini (75)

Bishop of Massa Marittima–Piombino (Italy)

Bishop Juan Espinoza Jiménez (60)

Bishop of Aguascalientes (Mexico)

Bishop Peter Paul Yelezuome Angkyier (64)

Bishop of Damongo (Ghana)

Bishop Santiago Gómez Sierra (68)

Bishop of Huelva (Spain)

Bishop José Carlos Chacorowski, C.M. (69)

Bishop of Caraguatatuba (Brazil)

former Bishop of União da Vitória (Brazil)

Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-fai (韓大輝), S.D.B. (75)

Titular Archbishop of Sila

Secretary emeritus of Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples

former Vice-Grand Chancellor of Pontifical Urbaniana University

former Bishop of Kimberley (South Africa)

former Coadjutor Archbishop of Durban (South Africa)

Bishop Ferenc Palánki (62)

Bishop of Debrecen–Nyíregyháza (Hungary)

Archbishop Gabriel Sayaogo (64)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Koupéla (Burkina Faso)

President of Bishops’ Conference of Burkina Faso and Niger

Archbishop Marcello Bartolucci (82)

Titular Archbishop of Bevagna

Secretary emeritus of Congregation for the Causes of Saints

Archbishop Celso Morga Iruzubieta (78)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Mérida–Badajoz (Spain)

Bishop Julián Ruiz Martorell (69)

Bishop of Sigüenza–Guadalajara (Spain)